2849 2006-02-11 01:42:33 +0000 RQ-150 Problems with minimum number of digits for decimal (Minimum-number-of-digits-for-decimal) 2006-02-11 02:30:04 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XML Schema Datatypes: XSD Part 2 1.1 only Other All RESOLVED FIXED resolved P2 normal --- 1 cmsmcq cmsmcq www-xml-schema-comments oldest_to_newest 8214 0 cmsmcq 2006-02-11 01:42:33 +0000 This issue was originally reported by John Tebbutt and Ashok Malhotra. John Tebbutt: (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2003Dec/0025.html) Ashok Malhotra: (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2003Dec/0027.html) * If an implementation strictly implements a 18 digit decimal facility, it cannot accomodate long which requires 20 digits. * 18 decimal digits cannot be accommodated in 64 bits. This item was discussed in the meetings of 2003-10-30 (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2003Nov/0004.html), 2003-10-31 (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2003Nov/0006.html), 2003-11-04 (http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2003/11/xml-schema-ftf-minutes.html)m 2003-12-18 (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2003Dec/0060.html), and 2003-12-19 (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2003Dec/0064.html). This item was classified as requirement and discussed, and phase-1 agreement was reached, in the meeting of 2004-04-08 (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2004Apr/0130.html). This requirement has been discharged by reducing the required precision for decimal to 16 digits, and by making the minimum implementation requirements more precise in various ways. See also bug 1918 and bug 1919.